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With interlinking of rivers (ILR) project high on its agenda, the Narendra Modi government is working on a new water-sharing arrangement to "revive the ailing Yamuna and benefit Upper Yamuna river basin

Connecting Ken-Betwa To Be First Of 30 Projects Costing 5,60,000cr
New Delhi: After almost a decade of political objections and green opposition, the Cabinet is likely to clear on Thursday the ambitious project to inter-link rivers, beginning with the process of connecting the Ken and Betwa rivers in Madhya Pradesh.

This analysis by Asia Foundation on water governance in the Teesta Basin maps the key actors and stakeholders in the basin, relative stakes and their ability to influence water governance decisions in the basin.

State Urban Development Minister and Trinamul leader Firhad Hakim criticised the Centre for its policy to allow FDI in retail and releasing Teesta water to Bangladesh. Mr Hakim said the Centre is trying

- Karimganj-bound cargo ships from both countries set to sail from Calcutta this week. Silchar: India and Bangladesh are on happy waters again after reviving a protocol to use the neighbouring country’s

Mamata’s Intractable Opposition Nixes Efforts For A Pact. Bangladesh could be ready to revisit the Teesta water treaty’s terms as the ruling Awami League faces growing political heat but Trinamool chief

Boston-based Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia has observed that India must consult with co-riparian countries for any project on shared rivers.
The Alliance formed in 1993, came up with